incautious
Example Sentences
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We’re a long way from those incautious days.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Even the animals are distinctive—especially Kōkī, the pet parrot who acts like a Shakespearean fool, squawking incautious truths to Tongan authority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Still, it was an inappropriate, incautious statement from a Supreme Court justice who should have known better.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
He delighted in being candid, blunt, deliberately provocative and incautious.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
Although he was rash, untutored in the ways of the backcountry, and incautious to the point of foolhardiness, he wasn’t incompetent—he wouldn’t have lasted 113 days if he were.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
